Why AJ & Tomko Lost Tag Title Belts, Impact Beats Raw & SmackDown, Cornette

source: Wrestling Observer Newsletter

— Tomko has major heat. Tomko & AJ Styles lost their tag title belts as punishment for Tomko working a show all the way in Osaka, Japan the day before Lockdown. TNA officials asked him not to work the Japan show the day before the pay-per-view, but he did anyway, so as punishment they took the belts away. Tomko & Styles were scheduled to work a program with LAX, but that appears to be off the cards.

— Jim Cornette is writing a book documenting the Midnight Express. The book will feature tons of inside information on the last days of Jim Crockett Promotions before it was bought out by Ted Turner, the first years of WCW, attendance figures for 60% of the shows the Midnight Express were on in the late 80s, newspaper clippings, original booking plans, and more. The book will be released later this year.

— TNA can finally lay claim to Impact beating Raw & SmackDown in the ratings, at least in Australia. In its second week in Australia, TNA Impact garnered 43,000 viewers, compared to SmackDown with 36,000 & Raw with 38,000.

Major heat on TNA Knockout over TRADING CARDS incident